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The story of Ron Wayne – co-founder of Apple – is both intriguing and sad. 76-year-old Wayne spends his days selling gold coins and stamps out of his home in the desert with a .38 caliber Police Special strapped to his leg rather than living in the lap of luxury. That’s not exactly what Jobs and Woz are doing these days.

My apologies: Guys, so sorry for my lack of nerd news and daily dinos yesterday, but I have an excellent excuse: It was all Conan O’Brien’s fault. I saw his live show last night at Radio City, and oh, my …

Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk, has joined the long line of moviemakers taking their inspirations from comic books. But even thought Black’s new movie, 3 Story: The Secret History of The Giant Man, will feature a man larger than the norm, don’t assume that this will be another standard superhero …

It seems the whole of the Internet was up in arms this morning after AT&T announced new data plans for smartphone users. As expected, the iPhone contingent screamed bloody murder, so we did a quick polling in the office and on Twitter to see if the whiny babies had reason to scream. With a small sampling of 11 folks, it’s hard to say …

Reports out of China indicate another Foxconn employee has lost his life. According to Ming Pao, 28-year-old Yan Li died from exhaustion after a 34-hour shift. Foxconn has yet to issue an official statement on Li’s death.

As a kid with a short attention span, I rarely read books for long periods of time. I typically flipped through to see the pictures to come back at a later time to actually read the words that were printed on all the pages that were skipped. The Where’s Waldo? line of books had just enough text and plenty of images for me to gander at …

Natal will likely take center stage during Microsoft’s press conference at E3 in two weeks but Gear Live is reporting that Natal isn’t the only thing the Xbox team has in the works. According to a reliable source “who has never been wrong before,” Microsoft will unveil Hulu for Xbox Live. Xbox Live users would have to subscribe …

It’s been forthcoming for years now, but Sony Online Entertainment has finally confirmed that the MMORPG DC Universe Online will be released for the Playstation 3 and PC in November 2010. The information comes from IGN, although the details (When in November, for example) remain sketchy… but what else would you expect from a game …